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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14

miss It largely in sowing so little clover
| SOW it with all my grass on high and
low ground, The feeding value of clover
ana timothy IS as high rs clear timothy,
aud have fed it to all kinds of stock.
The new member OF the board, Mr.
William Cnapn of Middlesex, who was
appointed to the place SO long and accent
ably filed by the late Hon Henry Lane,
took tor his text the Elements of Success
tul Farming" lie first gave the denni-
ton Of the terms and the objects to be
sOuGnF, such ~ nome educatiou comforts
and u fair share OF wealth, good social
standing, etc, etc. Faith and work are
large elements. He gave the history of
some OF the chef tillcrs of the soil from
Adam down to Ethan Allen. recommend
ed the clearing OF the fields of stones, weeds
ana the farm from mortgages, described
Il good farm house ana baIns, COOL
tools and their Use and care,
good crops and their cultivation, On
clndng full crop of girls and boys,
tod the difference in good aud Door farm
stock and the best way of applying ma
nurc, how to sell our products and how
10 Keep farm accounts. He also discussed
the school, highway aud railroad freight
question, ana closed by telling what the
farmer ought to be hmself-educated,
courageous, honest and patriotic. Mr.
Cnapln was evidently among his friends
when in Grand Isle county and his adj
dress was well received.
Inc rest OF the evening was occupied by
an Illustrated lecture on' Insects Beneficial
to Farming" by the State geOlogist, Rev.
IT, W. Perry OF Rutland. Mr.. Perry is Il
very fluent speaker, and the audience
listened with the closest attention while
he produced for them view after view of
the wonders OF insect aud plant life. He
explained the form and Office of the dit
ferent parts of a blossom, and showed
how the production of the seed in most
plants Is dependent on agencies outside Of
the plant itself, and that insects play Il
large part in the work. He had IL very
he set of views, and his powerful stereop-
ticOn brought them out on the screen with
great distinctness.
This closed series OF meetings that
was a success from first to last, and whose
influence will undoubtedly be felt on the
island for many years to come.
At business meeting of the Vermont
State Board OF Agriculture he'd on Thurs
day the following resolutions were adopt
ed by unanimous vote.
RcS"lrcd, That in the death of the Hon.
Henry Lane, we feel that the Board has lost Il
valuable ana useful me lnber the cause of
proSr, ssNe agriculture Il true friend the
aEr'cu tural press a candid and intelligent
wri'ei an! the State trusted and faithful
public servant.
RsSD'Ccd, That we hereby tender to the Gam
lily of our deceased friend and fellow laborcr,
our sincere ana heartle sympathy in this
their great affection
RaSDircd, That rue secretary be instructed
t. forward copy of these resolutions to the
family of the deceased and Il copy to the
press tor iubiication.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
MIR. DAvIs'S ADDRESS.

Every legitimate pursuit of man is a, he
makes it 'and he makes it as he is adapted
to it, aided by all requisites reasonably at
tendant, pushed by a will to accomplish
and desire to know all there is TO he
known. Our advent into the world was part
of the world, factor, a copartner with
the power Of production. Uncivilized we
roamed', as civilization developed lines,
boundaries farms followed. The first
farmers not only produced their own Good
but made their houses, implements and
garments. Soon some one showed better
fitness for building than others and he be
came builder. As they needed carriages,
carriage builders made their appear
ance. and as the colony increased, and
the children needed TO learn, there was
sought out some brght-eyed young lady or
man to teach them, hence the school house,
The church then made its advent and all
these were supported from the farm; then it
was that the farm was the bank of the people
where no reasonable claim or demand for
maintenance was dishonOred. Then 1t was
as now the handspring of society and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14

.ludges-Charles Tobias, Pearl 5 Gordon.
Best pair Fantail Doves, G W Kinney best
Brown Leghorns, 5 G. Macombcr best Ply
mouth Rocks, : G Macomber; best White
crested Black Polish, a II Macomber; best
lignt Bramahs, A IL Macomher; best Bantam
chickens, Eva A MaCombcr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14

JudgCs-W W FCdT1, q r TTNICI, IT DNT-
row.
Best 10 varieties winter apples, Benz Ma
comber; second best, ii II Hlll. Best three
varieties fall apples, II G Alien ; second bet,
Benz Macomber. Best three varieties winter
pears, w Hoag: second best. L l. Kinney.
Best two varieties fail pears, p Gordon {:
second best, Wes>on Macomber. Best eXniDit
hps
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
THE EVENING SESSION.

AL the seats were filed to overlooking
and much of the standing room occupied
at the evening meeting. a large choir
rendered several fine selections, and then
the chairman introduced Mr.. A. NJ. Hib-
bard of Grand Isle. who made few re
marks on the false notion which prevails
so generally among farmers that farm
ing does not pay. The trouble is
with the farmer in large measure. These
men claim that they make nothing. Still
they are able to o Yn nice horse and car
riage. " do not realize the cost of main
tanning our family if we had to buy each
thing we use at city prices. Some men
paint in glowing phrases the life of a far
mer, but please not count Inc in that
number. 4 farmer must work as hard
and be as painstaking and labOriOus as
the successful man in any other calling.
What may be made one OF the principal
sources of revenue on our farms is clover.
1t might be made in 10 years to 90 long
way toward doubling the product Of our
farms.
/ had dry knoll that had been cropped
until It was thoroughly used up. | sowed
it the first year To peas and oats, | recelV.
ed no crop plOweG at once and sowed
TO rye and next spring stocked to timothy
and clover; cut small crop OF rye and
grass. The next year Il fair crop of grass.
Turned under the aftermath in fall and
planted pea beans the next year. Had
more than an average crop.
What did it Nothing but clover. We
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14

Tn
Countv Farmers ~ lie rnnsidered onr oi
~, ,i.i'',I ,,ni,,s H., in ,,"r 'tJi,i.,,i
%s - 10Y" of srbn m% % on KAT inr iI,I,
gnod central ~ yrsdej .rhcnl in rnrh
Tnvr m. h.,. ,r no ,,r,.,,t Il ,v IL, ~.
da, to hoc,,,, =, 81 f,,,,' 'h, ii
be wen pdnc,frI Onr iegislativa hoIl,
have hrt fav fsrmars 49, cnr,nn,ed ,,.tn
shr professiounl men and The tnrm inter.
ests are reprrsei,;ed by LAWYERS. ministers
anu Uoctols' because Is supposed wa,
for The dntirs nf Ie,,isI ,I,ms, A"ofh5nr
need is the lack of a nl0per interchange Of
thought upon farm topics. a Farmers
MeetlhG'" held once II month, win Il
fh "ltu .mv tol',oS VI 'ne ,,.ou,
the younr. with A INNER ON honseholI d1.
ties and the culinary department for TIE
ladies' would be time well spent. The
! hee'i Oh sul,ap,e Iatih implements or htI
NeStlu- I"'t tnIcShi"I our GraH II p"'t'
llu..ce"ole' p'.o as ntIp ttG' season. w..
cui.iV9 ST'tIe'' Wy l'oN ~ "C pI"l'Vi
III, a. 'UiiS ieiu neeu VI tIe It' 'I.'t y.
i"u IloS ptJu " FiHpel h'' Nc ~
theit uu.tcI suu tnIs lt'u - no" stl I9i"c
~ ~ Wy ,net =! the vlectiou l'St seaS3n VI
one pIaul ISIe cltdileIA' we lec'' wv
Eic"lct U''pgI"S ElNeH thVeiltc,u'. ~
ne iHIIllet Suoulu We ..teI
li i, - WI ~ my pTuutuO' ne ui.lJ
, -, ~. -. ~ - a.. III
,,t,, o"GnU 'o' " 'eooile Hi'le P'o"
uiHE my ~ w " ,r.!.. c.,,, .;,. a.,
MtS, H. w, MARVIN t i1 wee WIZ tne
lT" ,h, -, P'eui ei.ile, tuG MP' IdNe
O.. a. ny MI ,,,V
',Dn "a Hti au,'teucV' INV az ,ne o''S' d.
Fn,t - oli,S' vi "pp"iune' ,,.h,,
M S'"'t u,Sc"Ht''a ',onIeiH'm9 -
,, oii ". .'t a. ii'D' ~ ~"
nay o'o9e" 'ne eNcic' es Vi tHe udS'
THURSDAY MORNING.
T,hnr,d.,,, ,,,,,,i,,,, ror,,d q, l,r,,o ,.ro,,,d
'''V'D I',',' - '''i -
pOVn IL 'ne cnulcn P'u Ill 'ne surlo'iu
ing grounds. The fist speaker was MI
f.. j. Parker of Georgia. He gave an ac-
count of tbe workings of his creameries.
1r,do,. ,hai,, ao,'I, ,,,trq,, ,aaoi,,od
On''ei 'noil ~ sum T'0N pau" ,e'
pay Tor Just the actual amount oil butter
produced by his milk or cream. II Il
dairy produced rich milk it's owner got the
full benefit of it, The method is as fol-
lows: The employe Of the creamery who
gathers the cream stirs it up vigorously
aud then takes ont small sample of it,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14

of the worlds supply. To make farming
noble, we should love it, To love it is
to know it. Make all labor pleasure by
observation and investigation, observe all
things, otherwise there might be WEAKNESS.
TO SO unfold, interest and attract our chill
dren in the copartnership of the farm that
in the flow of human society from the farm
they shall not be other than full, rounded up
physically morally, and intellectually,
young men and women so that the city.
village and business centres of our country
represent true citizenship. BY the farm,
how more nobly and inteligently cutivatng
he soil breeding and feeding the stock, max
ing more attractive the surroundings of
home by lesSening the work by better Sys-
tcmatiHing, by attending better to the SAM
tary department, securing health to our
homes, maxim z labor more honorable, our
wives no longer drudges hut the "rural
queen of the farm, capable to mould the
minds of her children intelligently. Then it
might he with such a standard of farming
farm homes, there would come out "A crop
of young farmers of the kind to fill the
places of the present ones that were noble
Then it would be that temperance sobriety,
intelligence AMI christianity would rule
universally and then it could be said there
is true mobility in farming
The church was filled to its utmost ca
pacity in the evening to listen to Gov.
Ormsbec, who spoke as follows;
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
'ded.
HORSES.

Judges-EJ Parker OF Georgia, G Russell
Of North Hero.
Best mare and colt. Homer Knights second
best. Il Maconber third best RObinson
Best ycarliug colt, Henry Griswold second,
John pari2o; third, Charles Wilcox.
Best two year old colt, Robinson; second,
II. Dubuque third, Samuel Macomber.
Bert three-ycar o d stallion, Juan Robinson.
Bosr three .year-colt, "a Cham berlain sec
oud ulst, Pearl Gordon third best, lloag.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
for Infants and Children.
The Peoples Store

Yes, for these fifteen years past
both poor and rich we've help
ed to save money by placing
within your reach
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
FARMERS ON THE ISLAND.
AGRICULTURAL MEETING AND FRUIT
EXHIBITION AT GRAN > ISLE.

Joint Fail Meeting of the Citizens of
Grand Isle County and the Board OF
Agriculturai--List of Premiums
Address by Governor Ormsbee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.

Dairying was the general subject of the
afternoon meeting. Mr.. II. w. Vail of
North Pomfret brought up the breeding
Of Jersey Cattle" He spoke of some of
the general principles that underlie the
successful breeding of domestic animals
and the lines upon which improvement
may reasonably he sought by the breeder,
and of the Jersey COW and her special
field as a butter producing animal, with a
concise history of her Introduction into
this country. The famous COWS that had
given rise to the distinct families Of TINS
breed and the care which the Jersey cattle
clubs exercise in providing for and super
Visiug official butter tests of COWS, that
they might be relied upon rs honest and
accurate, and of the natural peCuuiuy
benefits to dairymen and the advantages
THAI WOuld be seen when more OF this
blood pervaded .the dairy herds OF the
State.
Mir. Rollin C. Smith continued the same
general subject with more special refer
ence to the Care Of Dairy Stock" The
following is an abstract of his remarks:
The adaptabillty of this island for dairy
ing Is 50 forcibly impressed upon me that
| deem my subject one OF great import
ance at this time; these rich level pas
lures and fine quality of hay must make
this Il most desirable place and with two
be carried on with as little expense and
labor as any section Oft size in Vermont.
The care of the COW is one of the most i'm
portant features No person can produce
Il good product from milk taken from
cows improperly cared for the health of
the animal, feed, warmth, exercise and
many other things cannot be overlooked
| am one who thinks that this State should
raise more of her own feed and | rec
ommend every dairyman to raise as far as
possible his own fodder. Grass is good
enough when green and plenty but after
18th of July feed hay, either green
or dry, till rOwen is large enough
then rowen till fodder corn comes to ma
turity and thus making calculations for
sown feed grown upon the farm to make
up the deficiency of grass. Any crop In 10
we Can grow is cheaper than it is to par
chase the same amount of nutrimeut
The care of cows in winter, if at that std-
son they are not in milk, should be such
that their condition should improve :;
grain fed in March shows itself as much
III June as two weeks after feeding. Feed
literally, keep warm, exercise enough,
and this last item should not be lost sight
of. II the COW is in milk she must be
watched closely; any sudden change Of
temperature Will affect the quantity of
milk; any improper feed or filthy stable
VIII ruin the quality.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-14

Judges-John Dodds G Ilawrcan.
Best three varieties OF potatoes. WBrydn;
second best, 5 Hubbard. Bet two varieties
onions. L G. Hoag second best, l. Il HacOm-
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-07
Poser.
HOW A PRo-sLAvERY PREACHER WAS PUT
To FLIGHT.


Robert Purvis. one of the founders
and many years the President of the
Anti-Slavery Society, in a reminiscent
mood yesterday said: During slav-
cry days Wendell Phillips lectured
one evening of day on which mum
Der of Methodist ministers held con
ference. The preachers were on the
same train with Phillips. One of the
ministers, big blustering fellow, in
quired in loud voice if Wendell
Phillips was on the train.
g" Yes, sir; there he is answered
the conductor, pointing to the great
Abolitionist, who sat quietly in the
rear of the car.
The inquiry naturally excited a
great deal of interest, and everybody
in the car turned around to take a
look at the man then so much talked
about.
"'You're Wendell Phillips, are
your yelled the minister, half turn
ing in his seat.
ayes, sir; that is my name,' re-
piled Phillips, with characteristic
blandness of voice.
"'Well, sir, was just about writ
ing you letter -
"'Indeed; 1 should no doubt have
had great pleasure in reading it.
"No, you wouldn't! No, you
wouldn't! I was going to give you
some sound advice. I want you to
understand, sir, that there are no
slaves up North here. You have no
right to go about raising disturbances
and delivering unpleasant lectures.
Why don't you go down South and
lecturer"
Sir said Phillips, half rising in
his seat, you are minister of the
gospel, are you not?'
Yes, SIR
1T is your mission to save souls
from hell, is it not?'
"Yes, sir"
"'Then why don't you go there?'
In the tumult of laughter that
followed the minister grabbed his
valise and fled to another car
Philadelphia Times.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-07

Michael's. This island had a beauti
full crater from which hot water
poured into the sea. It was named
" Sabuna," and its existence as an isl
and was very brief. 1t soon began to
sink in the ocean, and in about a year
all traces of the island had disap-
peared.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22
THE OLD WORLD.

Two brothers. named Juergenson,
who have resided for twenty years in
America and recently returned 10 their
home on the island of FOhr, have been
ordered TO quit Prussia
1t is reported that the Duke of
Devonshire has become a convert to the
home rule policy Of Gladstone and is trying
TO influence his son, Lord Harrington, 20
pledge his efforts to the cause.
A large number of officers, sub
officers and soldiers OF the Belgian army
have taken passage from Antwerp for the
United States. They will participate in the
grand military encampment at Chicago
next month.
1t is reported that q Russian en-
gineer has discovered a new explosive
which he has christened Selectover. He
claims that the explosive is destined TO
take place Of all existing ANN unition, and
that il equals in strength pyrollyne The
Russian Office will build factory especially
for the manufacture of this new destruc-
tive.
The Count de Paris, who is a
London, has issued manifesto, in which
he approves Of the recent action of the
royalistS in the chamber Of deputies, but
saws that the apparent calm but lily
conceals the perils Of the future. The
count predicts that Republican misgoYern-
ment viii soon provoke one of those violent
crises which seem periodical n the lie OF
the nation
A party of Orangemen, while pass
ing through Greencastle. town near Bel
fast had an encounter with Nationalist
residents Three policemen who tried 70
cueu the disturbances, were stoned and
driven away. The local authorities being
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22
The sunny Side of the Road.

Charity is first mortgage on every
human beings possessions.-Br uyere.
he resurrection is the silver lining
to the dark cloud of death, and we
know the sun is shining beyond.-J
Walton.
The most cross-grained are by no
means the worst of mankind, or the
humblest in station the least polished
in feeling.
Our Lord has written the promise of
the resurro elton not in books alone,
but in every leaf in spring time.-Mar-
tin Luther.
There is nothing so sweet as a duty.
and all the best pleasures of life come
in the wake of duties done.-Jean In
celow.
Let grace and goodness be The prin-
cipal load-sione of thy affections.
For love which hath ends will have an
end, whereas that which is founded ON
true virtue will always continue
Dryden.
The warm sunshine and the gentle
zephyr may meet the glaciers which
has bid defiance to the bowling tenn
pest; so the voice of kindness will
touch the heart which no severity
could subdue.
Show me father who fences his
home around with Gods command
ments, and lights it up with domestic
comforts, and pleasures, and anchors
himself to his home, and | will show
you the best kind of restraint from
dangerous evening resorts.-Dr. L. l..
Cuyler.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22
CUTTING OFF THE BABY.s cuRLs.

My beautiful darling ran in from his play.
shed;
''The boys all call me 'dirI.' mamma.
And isn't a sdirl', - he said.
Its cause I've dot curls, and they're lust
And wish you'd cut off all these mis'ahle
held my darling close, close to my breast,
And hushed his sobs with a sigh and a
smile
But oh, my heart was SO i'll at rest
AS thought of the past the while;
must sever these ringlets, half silk, half
That lovingly over my fingers rolIedl
| thought of the baby kisses and wiles:
=, Alas. had my baby gone far awayl
must l LOOK IN vain for his dream-like
And watch him no more at his playl
NOR can INN my ''wee dimpled pearl of
While steaithily handled the hate i curls,
lifted them gently-my boy, my pet,
stu sobbed and still clamored to have
them shorn;
His cheeks were like scarlet, his eyes were
wet,
As he lisped of his playmate's scorn:
ana my own eyes were heavy with I'M
shed tears,
As the shining tresses fell off the shears.
1t was done-my darling no longer went.
but proudly held up his head as he ran,
see! now you can't call me a dirl any
anymore;
Ny curis are all gone-I's manr'
An, poor little manikin, what did he care
mat my tears fell hot on that glistening
hair!
laid them aside in a carven box,
Ih2se living tresses of ambs glow,
ana look at them now with a yearning
/ Though my locks are as white as thesnow
And they straighten and spring into sprials
! of gold
AT the touch of my tremulous hand, as
of old
And think of the head which they clus
tered soft
OF the fearful voice and the wet blue
! eyes;
And visit if his ringlets are grown again
In ms beautiful home in the skies.
Ny baby his triumph was brief as wild
he died on my bosom little child
l had dreamed my dreams of the coming
/ man,
My proud, high dreams, but they never
| led
So high as the heaven to which he has gone
/ Or stopped to that narrow bed;
They We're full Of glory, untroubled by
| pain
Now God las the glory, and he the gain
And sometimes see through the open doOl
My darling, my baby, my pearl of pearls
His hands outstretched and his shoulders
/ hid
In cloud of golden curls.
| All me these tresses will never grow gray
Yet my tears fall like rain as hide then
away.
MARY A. DENIsoN in Youths Companion
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22

Inever tire examining through the
microscope some bit of ocean mud, tor
in it / am constantly finding some re
markable form of shell. They are
often spined, sometimes they are a
smooth and polished as the best glazed
chinaware;at times they are pure white,
then again they are banded and
striped with every hue of the rainbow.
1t seems a pity that such beauties
should be made so small and hidden so
from the eyes of men. On this great
bed of mud the most remarkable crea-
lures live in vast numbers. There are
serpent-like starfishes, beautiful branch
ing corals, ugly black fishes, pure
white "sea-cucumbers, bright pink,
purple. and red sea-anemones, and a
host of other creatures. The fishes
are always strange and uncouth, with
huge mouths aud stomachs all in one,
but with the tail hardly noticeable.
When the fishes are brought to the sur
face their air bladders and stomachs
prOtrude from their mouths. their eyes
bulge out, and the blood is forced
through the skin. Life has been
crushed out of them by tie sudden
change of pressure, the gases within
having burst the tissues and bsdy
walls asunder. The tremendous pres
sure of the water was well shown by
lowering an empty bottle, which was
crushed to atoms Hartford Courdnt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-09-22

Senator Conger. of Michigan, was
married for the second time, when he
was a member of the House, to stout,
pleasant old lady, who had dark hair
arranged in the old style, and gold
bowed spectacles. She was his first
love. A quarrel separated them. Each
married. Twenty years after be, a
widower, wasin Congress; she, widow,
sat in the gallery and listened to his
speech. 1t was the first time they had
seen each other since their early days.
She sent her card to him; he came at
once to the gallery. After little talk
she asked him to call upon her at her
friends, Mrs. Dahlgren's. He said he
would call il he could call as he used to
in those long past days of youth. In a
few weeks they were married at Mrs
Dahlgren's residence, and
were completely infatuated with each
other.